TPCAST—ONE WAY TO ANYALZE A POEM
T = TITLE/ WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TITLE MEANS BEFORE YOU READ
THE POEM
P= PARAPHRASE= WRITING A SUMMARY OF THE POEM
C=CONNOTATIONS/ THIS IS REFERRING TO DUAL MEANINGS FOR WORDS.
YOU MAY ALSO EXPAND THIS SECTION TO INCLUDE THE MEANING OF
WORDS THAT YOU BELIEVE WILL HELP THE READER BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE POEM.
A= ANALYSIS/ IN THIS SECTION YOU ARE ANALYZING THE POEM. YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR UNDERLYING MEANINGS AS WELL AS SHOWING HOW
THE WRITER USES FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
S=STRUCTURE/ IN THIS SECTION YOU ARE SHOWING HOW THE WRITER
HAS STRUCTURED THE POEM. THIS WILL INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AN
NUMBER OF STANZAS, NUMBER OF LINES, THE METER, THE RHYME
SCHEME, REPETITION OF LINES OR WORDS, USE OF A NARRATOR, ETC.
T=TITLE AND THEME. AT THIS POINT YOU WILL GIVE YOUR IDEA OF
WHAT THE TITLE MEANS NOW THAT YOU HAVE READ THE POEM. YOU
WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE THEME OR THEMES COVERED BY THE POET.